#i do hope to dive into raph's side of things some time w an animatic!!! i got a few planned for him already

[leo-kinnie]

I do have a question, how come Raph doesn’t like Draxum if he also grew up with him? You haven’t shown a lot of moments between them either-

If it’s spoilers feel then free to ignore this ^^

semi spoilers but ill put it under this read more line in case anyone doesnt want to see it

VERY SIMPLY raph doesnt like draxum because splinter told him that draxum creates the turtles to be soldiers/weapons.

Splinter ofc should not have said that lmao but Leo in chapter 2 kinda explains that Splinter felt desperate. Donnie as a child was pouting a lot to go back to Draxum and would ONLY go if Raph went with him, so that's why Splinter said something to Raph.

Raph DID like Draxum to begin with as a father. sure drax favoured donnie more than him (much like how splinter sorta neglected donnie in the show) but it wasn't like. CRAZY or anything. Drax just couldn't relate to Raph's interests so he came off as detached.

Raph liked Leo, Mikey, and Splinter's family dynamic way more than the one at home though and yknow as a kid you dont really like... see consequences the way you do as an adult? so he just thought "oh i can just go live with them, have a new family!" and all that.

As a teenager NOW he's much more nuanced w his decisions (esp in relation to family and draxum), but as a kid he's pretty cut n dry.